Solar System Distance Models Examples

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Larger Scale Model
Planet
True Diameter in miles
Diameter
in inches

(50,653 miles/sheet)
True Distance to the Sun
in miles
Distance to Sun
in sheets

(50,653 miles/sheet)
Distance to Sun
in inches

(50,653 miles/sheet)
Distance to Sun
in feet

(50,653 miles/sheet)
Mercury
3,032
0.267
35,983,610
710
3,197
266
Venus
7,521
0.664
67,232,360
1,327
5,973
498
Earth
7,926
0.699
92,957,100
1,835
8,258
688
Mars
4,222
0.371
141,635,300
2,796
12,583
1,049
Jupiter
88,846
7.658
483,632,000
9,548
42,966
3,580
Saturn
74,898
6.391
888,188,000
17,535
78,906
6,576
Uranus
31,763
2.576
1,783,950,000
35,219
158,486
13,207
Neptune
30,778
2.494
2,798,842,000
55,255
248,648
20,721
Pluto
1413
0.124
3,674,491,000
72,542
326,441
27,203
The Sun's diameter in inches (at this scale) is 76.7 in

Smaller Scale Model
Planet
True Diameter in miles
Diameter
in inches

(18,709,074 miles/sheet)
True Distance to the Sun
in miles
Distance to Sun
in sheets

(18,709,074 miles/sheet)
Distance to Sun
in inches

(18,709,074 miles/sheet)
Distance to Sun
in feet

(18,709,074 miles/sheet)
Mercury
3,032
0.00073
35,983,610
1.9
8.7
0.7
Venus
7,521
0.0018
67,232,360
3.6
16.2
1.3
Earth
7,926
0.0019
92,957,100
5.0
22.4
1.9
Mars
4,222
0.001
141,635,300
7.6
34.0
2.8
Jupiter
88,846
0.0214
483,632,000
25.9
116.3
9.7
Saturn
74,898
0.018
888,188,000
47.5
213.6
17.8
Uranus
31,763
0.0076
1,783,950,000
95.4
429.1
35.8
Neptune
30,778
0.0074
2,798,842,000
150.0
673.2
56.1
Pluto
1413
0.00034
3,674,491,000
196.4
883.8
73.7
The Sun's diameter in inches (at this scale) is 0.208 in